Laravel Nano ID

Introduction

A simple package to generate Nano IDs in Laravel.

What is a Nano ID?

A Nano ID is a URL-friendly, unique string ID.
It is similar to UUIDs, but shorter and more readable.
Nano IDs are 21 characters long by default and can be customized to be longer or shorter.

• Read more on Medium: Nano ID: A Tiny, Secure URL-friendly Unique String ID Generator
• Or on GitHub: Nano ID

Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• Configuration
• Testing
• Alternatives (and inspirations)

Features

• A facade to generate Nano IDs
• A helper function to use as alternative to the facade
• Configuration options to customize the defaults for your Nano IDs
  • Prefix
  • Suffix
  • Alphabet
  • Size
  • Random string generator
  • More to come
• Easily extensible with custom validation rules (like uniqueness or swear word checks)

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.0

Installation

composer require fanmade/laravel-nanoid

Usage

use Fanmade\NanoId\Facades\NanoID;

echo NanoID::generate(); // Returns a Nano ID

echo NanoID::generate(length: 10); // Returns a Nano ID with a length of 10

echo NanoID::generate(length: 10, prefix: 'prefix_'); // Returns a Nano ID with a length of 10 and a prefix of 'prefix_'

echo NanoID::generate(suffix: '_suffix'); // Returns a Nano ID with a suffix of '_suffix'

echo NanoID::generate(alphabet: '0123456789'); // Returns a Nano ID only containing numbers

echo nano_id(); // The helper function accepts the same parameters as the generate method

Configuration

Publish the configuration file

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=nanoid-config

Option	Description	Default
prefix	An optional prefix which will be added to the Nano ID	''
suffix	An optional suffix which will be added to the Nano ID	''
alphabet	The alphabet to use for generating the Nano ID	0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_+ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-
size	The default size/length of the Nano ID	21
generator	The generator class to use for generating random strings	\Fanmade\NanoId\Generator\HidehaloStringGenerator
include_prefix_in_length	Controls if the prefix is included or excluded in the size limitation	true
include_suffix_in_length	Controls if the suffix is included or excluded in the size limitation	true

Testing

vendor/bin/pest

or

composer test

Alternatives (and inspirations)

• hidehalo/nanoid-php - The original Nano ID package for PHP. This is also used in the background of this package.
• yondifon/laravel-nanoid - More focused on adding the Nano IDs to the models.
• ttbooking/laravel-nanoid - This one has more focus on extending the string helpers.